@RareDenver As I read your comment I immediately thought, “Oh I could learn something about many people in the UK by watching that.” So I guess the answer to the OP is yes, it is possibly educational.
I enjoy Californication because it’s funny, but I don’t relate to the characters very much. Each and every one of them make the same mistakes over and over, in episodic fashion. What I DO find educational, from a writing standpoint, are the plot devices that the show utilizes. For one thing, many of the episodes have no real antagonist, so they have to balance who’s relationship is going to be going well at the moment and who’s relationship is going to be shitty.
Sometimes the only REAL threat to the characters of the show is that they might move to New York and live happily ever after. Oddly enough, New York becomes the villain because the show is called Californication and can’t possibly go on if the characters are living in the wrong state.